The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-21
NEW YORK sPoRTsMEN's WAYS.
Pecularities of the Lawn Tennis Play
ers and the Base Ball Enthusiasts.

Peculiarities of the Lawn Tennis Play
ers and the Base Ball Enthusiasts.
New YORK, Aug 20 While the papers
are discussing the tennis elbow" the ''cro-
quet back" and the pitchers arm" the dis
tinctive types of New York sportsmen and
sporting men are being overlooked The
man grows to resemble the sport he affects.
Who could ever mistake the tennis Young
man for the base ball enthusiast | met the
tennis-playing young man at the Grand
Central Station yesterday. He saw me
from afar, and his lower jaw fell, reveal
ing a darklng chasm, frinSed by a varied,
rectangular and unique assortment of
teeth.
"IIaw, me brave boy, he yelled, amiably,
'whare " goin', ehl"
"Out of town, l said, shaking hands with
him.
"Why, what devilish odd coincidence.
Som |. I'm goin' up t Stamfurd t do some
pion, will be thare. Great player, Livie.
Know Him.
Met him once"
'IIe has the best back handed stroke in
in the world, etc, etc
We sat together, and | listened for an
hour during the run towards Newport to
about the silliest rot imaginable about the
game OF lawn JeUIllS anu blle i)SOple WIZ
''loved it passionately." There were eight
or ten lawn tennis men in the car on their
way TO the tournament, and amused my
self by comparing them. They We're all
strikingly slim and gaunt. A fat man play
ing tennis would be a diverting spectacle,
but by no means a common one. All the
tennis young men wore very high collars,
and they displayed a tendency to run to red
eyelids and yellow and cigarette stained
G,,fr Tba ,,nrlyc haI Ort IF tn11lo
jointed appearance, and they wore brill
liantlY figured shirts, knickerbockers and
feet that spread with vast and billowy firm
ness over the floor of the car. | don't think
any Of them weighed more than 100 pounds.
The base ball enthusiasts, on the other
hand, runs to extensive avordupois. He
never plays. He is too wise for that, but he
speaks the lingo of the game even when he
is asleep, and by day he sits and acquires
additional weight while watching the game.
It's great game and has in it more excite
mcnt and keen enjoyment than the most
hotly contested horse race in the history of
the turf. The grand stand at the Polo
Grounds is literally jammed by stout,
solemn, double-chinned, judicial and tact
turn men who sit day after day in their nc
customed seats, gravely watching the game
They arc not given to undue enthusiasm
and look with annoyance and contempt on
the younger and more noisy element but
when a really technically and absolutely
clever play is made they shake off their
lethargy like flash and roar their applause
in a fashion'that would cause a school of sea
lions to hide their shiny heads in chagTin
and retire into the mud dismayed.
The race-going man grows daft by the
time the season is as far advanced as this.
He can talk nothing but horse, and he
knows the cards for a month ahead A
field glass, colored linen, white overgaiteY
and a sporting scarf are the Legitimate re-
suits of his infatuation, and naturally
enough he is not ashamed of them. The
racing man is of any age, position or condi-
ton, for the sport appeals to all men. It's a
noble sport, too, despite the clerical croak-
ers.
The rowing man is usually silent and his
cad hangs forward, while the fighting man
holds his head well back and talks. The
bicycle man is a sstupendous bore fOr some
iaeXplicable reason, and q shudder goes
around when he mentions "me wheel" The
yachtsman to-day is cock of the walk with
his bronzed skin, hearty voice and know-it-
all air about the capabilities of the Volun-
teer and the Thistle. He is secure of popu-
larty until the snow flies, for this will be
the greatest yachting year ever known in
the history of the sport
BLAKELY HALL.